Jonathan Reid

Karen was the recruiter who contacted me about a new position in the Bay Area back in 2011. Karen impressed immediately because she clearly knew what she was looking for, and that I was a good fit. And right away she was excited to be talking to me and to move things forward.

I was hesitant at first, but Karen made the process very easy. She proactively communicated with me about upcoming interviews, not only that they were happening but giving me background on the people I would be talking to and the questions they would be asking, which helped me prepare and be a good candidate. And when the time came for me to fly out for the face-to-face interviews, Karen helped make that an almost pleasant experience--as pleasant as six hours of back-to-back technical interviews can be, anyway.

As a senior engineer whose top technologies are hot commodities, I get a dozen or so recruiters contacting me each week with Once In A Lifetime Opportunities That You Just Can't Pass Up Call Me And Let Me Tell You All About It. Karen immediately set herself above all the others by being genuine and having a clear understanding of the technologies and requirements she was recruiting for. Karen also has a clear sense of integrity in dealing with her clients and that really shines through in her work.

Aaron is a top-notch interface developer. He is great at understanding all the aspects of a project and formulating solutions that cover everything, from code architecture and prototypes all the way through testing and project launch to maintenance.

One thing that I've always admired about Aaron is his CSS skills. He understands CSS in a way and to a depth that few people do, and I've learned a lot from him. Every time I work in CSS I can see Aaron's influence in my code and how I think about the structure of the interface.

In addition to all of that, Aaron often brings a different perspective to things, whether it's a project or our team's best practices or a side activity. Throughout our time together I learned to rely on Aaron for filling in the blind spots, and he saved us a a lot of problems on many projects.